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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Which of the following species do not exist?

  1. A \(\left[\mathrm{SiF}_6\right]^{2-}\)
  2. B \(\left[\mathrm{SiCl}_6\right]^{2-}\)
  3. C \(\left[\mathrm{GeCl}_6\right]^{2-}\)
  4. D \(\left[\mathrm{SiF}_5\right]^{-}\)
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(B) \(\left[\mathrm{SiCl}_6\right]^{2-}\)

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\(\left[\mathrm{SiCl}_6\right]^{2-}\) does not exist. The chlorine atom is much larger than fluorine which does not allow the six \(\mathrm{Cl}\) atoms to surround the silicon due to repulsion between \(\mathrm{Cl}\) atoms. Hence, due to interelectronic repulsions between…
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